The tram line closed for the works in 1948; the ESR line opened in 1979. The street may have been re-opened a couple of years before that.
Brian

On Friday, 15 September 2023 at 02:07:55 pm AEST,peterm...@... petermudie100@...> wrote:

I was referring to the hole in the ground at Central station charmers street, it was there for decades wasn't it?

On Monday, 11 September 2023 at 12:11:39 UTC+10peterm...@... wrote:

Ian, How long was the ESR undrerground platform platform construction, with the above street being out of action for some lengthy time?

On Monday, 11 September 2023 at 08:42:02 UTC+10 Ian Saxon wrote:

They complained about the Government digging up George Street for the light rail.
Here is photo of George Street being dug up for the Town Hall underground railway station in the late 1920’s.
Regards,
Ian